2025-2026 Regular Session

SB617

Dispossessory Proceedings; public access to court records of dispossessory proceedings under certain conditions; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dispossessory proceedings, so as to prohibit public access to court records of dispossessory proceedings under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Judiciary
Last status date: March 4, 2026
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: Judiciary
Author: Sonya Halpern
Co-sponsors: Harold Jones Kim Jackson Elena Parent RaShaun Kemp

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March 4, 2026 · Senate

Judiciary

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

March 4, 2026
Senate Senate Read and Referred
March 3, 2026
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2128605
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB617.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00